Tokiwa Gozen's Snow Journey Hanging scroll, 110.0cm x 53.0cm (Total length 207cm x 69cm), in a paulownia wood box Tokiwa was a maidservant of the Chugu Kujo-in (Fujiwara Teishi), the consort of Emperor Konoe. When selecting maidservants, a thousand beautiful women from the capital were gathered, and ten were chosen from among the hundred. She was said to be the most beautiful of those ten. Later, she became a concubine of Minamoto no Yoshitomo and gave birth to Imawaka (later Ano Zennari), Otowaka (later Gien), and Ushiwaka (later Minamoto no Yoshitsune). After Yoshitomo was killed during his escape after the Heiji Rebellion, she became a widow at the age of 23. She then fled through the snow with her children and arrived in Yamato Province. Later, learning that her mother, who had remained in the capital, had been captured, she went before Kujo-in, her former mistress (from the "Heiji Monogatari"), and then appeared before Kiyomori. Tokiwa pleaded for her mother's life, begging that while it was inevitable that her children would be killed, she could not bear to see it, and asked to be killed first. Moved by her appearance and beauty, Kiyomori, citing the decision to spare Yoritomo's life, spared Imawaka, Otowaka, and Ushiwaka. This is the famous "Tokiwa Gozen's Snow Journey" painting. The boy on the left is Imawaka (later Ano Zennari). The one in Tokiwa's sleeve on the right is Otowaka (later Gien). Ushiwaka (later Minamoto no Yoshitsune) is being held in Tokiwa's arms. This scene depicts her snow march, leading three small children through the snowy wilderness, heading towards Yamato. There are some undulations, folds, wrinkles, and warps. The inscription on the paulownia wood box reads "Shizuka Gozen."